Longer Quotes

Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe."
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He, Lewis, grabbed the vibrant role,
Assembled dreams and rhymes with glee,
But vowed that one most mighty goal:
Originality.
(Mike Keith, 2001)

"To be or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?"
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Is a befitting quote from one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies.
But why won't Hamlet's inspiring motto toss our stubborn hero's
tortuous battle for life, on one hand, and death, on another?
(Larry Brash, 1998)

"That's one small step for a man; one giant leap for
Mankind.", Neil A. Armstrong. =
A thin man ran; makes a large stride, left planet, pins flag
on Moon. On to Mars! (Steve Krakowski, 1998)

"That's one small step for a man; one giant leap for
mankind." Neil Armstrong =
An "Eagle" lands on Earth's moon, making a first small
permanent footprint. (Larry Brash, 2002)

"Preamble to the United States Constitution"
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect
Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide
for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure
the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain
and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
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Columbus to Perry, Edison to Einstein, Ruth to Ryan, Reuter to
Hoffa, Disney to Spielberg: O honored pioneers! Adventurous to
timid, carefree to burdened, refined optimists to crude pessimists,
enfeebled to health nuts; Republicans to Democrats, Christians
to Jews; Harlem to Watts, Queens to Glendale, Fifth Avenue to
Main Street, Atlantic to Pacific: no lie, 'tis home to the free!
(Richard Brodie, 1999)